title: Major clinical diagnoses found among patients with Raynaud phenomenon from the general population.
abstract: This study of 62 individuals with Raynaud phenomenon (RP) drawn from the general population of South Carolina shows a profile of associated diseases that is different from the one reported from hospital based studies. We found that connective tissue diseases affect a much smaller fraction of patients with RP than previously reported. Compared to RP negative controls, our RP positive group was found to suffer more frequently from a variety of diseases, both RP related and not RP related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Maricq
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diat
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: LeRoy
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Weinrich
mesh_terms: D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology